Hose-supporter.



No. 721,414. PATENTED FEB. 24, 1903.-

D. BASGH.

HOSE SUPPORTEB;

'APPLIOAT ION FILED DEC. 1, 1902 K 6 4 g y? a ZfATToRNEYs UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID BASCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 721,444, dated February 24; 1903.

Application filed December 1, 1902. Serial. No. 133,327. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID BASGH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,.forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to hose-supporters,and particularly to that class of hose-supporters adapted'to be detachably secured to the front of a corset.

My invention consists in a hose-supporter comprising two separate and separable interlocking members, each carrying one of the suspension tapes and each provided with means for embracing the adjacent edges of a corset-front, one of said members arranged to engage the eyepiece of the corsetclasp and the other of said members having an abutment projecting outwardly from its front face in proximity to its inner edge.

In operation one member of my improved hose-supporter may be applied to that side of the corset which carries the eyepiece of the corset-clasp and caused to engage therewith, while the other member may be applied to the edge of the corset carrying the stud and arranged in a position adjacent to the said stud,'but preferably out of engagement therewith. When the'corset is secured together in frontthat is to say, when the corset-stud is made to engage with its corresponding eyepiecethe two members will be caused to in terlock, and both members will befirmly secured in position without engaging or in any way interfering with the stud of the corsetclasp. s L

The objects of my invention are to permit the ready fastening and unfastening of a corset without detaching or removing either members of the hose-supporter, except as to their detachment from engagement with each other by the mere unclasping of the corsetfastening devices, and to secure a hose-supporter comprising two separate and separable members mounted upon opposite sides of the corset to the corset by support only from the eyepiece and without any support from the stud portion of the clasp, thereby avoiding the tendency of the clasp to become unfastened by any pressure applied directly to the stud. By this means I am enabled to do away with any direct locking means between the two members other than a more interlocking of the parts consequent upon bringing the members together.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and other ad vantages will appear hereinafter.

I will now proceed to describe a device em.- bodying my invention and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of a hose-supporter embodying my invention, showing the same as applied to the front of a corset. Fig. 2 is a detached face view, on an enlarged scale, of the supporting-plates,showing them separated from each other. Fig. 3 is a similar rear view of same. Fig. at is a top view of the plates, showing them in an interlocked position with respect to each other. Fig. 5 is a top view of the plates,showing them separated from each other. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail edge views of the plates, respectively.

In carrying out my invention I provide two separate and separable interlocking members a and b. The member a comprises a plate having a front portion 0, a portion cl at approximately right angles thereto, and a rear portion or flange e. The edge portion (1 of the plate has a portion thereof cut away, as at f, and preferably has two small lugs 9 projecting from the face of the portion d at the upper and lower edges of the cut-away portion f. The said edge portion preferably recedes toward the rear, as shown more particularly in Figs. 4 and 5, in order to facilitate the engagement of the two members when they are so engaged by the clasping of the corset. The said plate is adapted to embrace one of the edges of the front of thecorset, as is shown more particularly in Fig. 1, and the opening f is arranged to receive the eyepiece h of one of the corset-clasps. One of the suspension-tapes 2', forming a part of the hosesupporter, is secured to the front portion a of the said plate, as by means of a pivoted loop j or in any suitable manner as may be desired. The other member 1) comprises a plate ICO having a front portion 76, an edge portion Z at right angles thereto, and a rear portion m, parallel with the front portion. The said plate is adapted to embrace the edge of the other side of the front of the corset and is arranged to engage said corset in proximity to the stud n, forming the other portion of the corset-clasp complementary to the eyepiece h. The said plate, however, preferably does not engage the stud n in any way and is entirely free and independent of it. The said plate is provided with abutments 0 0, projecting outwardly from its front face 76 and in proximity to its inner edge I. These abutments 0 0 are arranged, when the two members a and b are in operative position with respect to each other,to project upon opposite sides of the eye piece h of the corset-clasp and preferably to engage the lugs g g upon the member a. By this it will be seen that when the members ct and b are applied to a corset at the lower claspin proximity to each other the two members will be securely interlocked with respect to each other and with respect to the eyepiece it of the corset-clasp and that without any dependence upon the stud of the corsetclasp. In this manner the separable members are securely locked together and locked in position upon the corset without the danger of pressure applied unequally to the two members being liable to cause the clasp to become unfastened, as might be the case were the separable members secured one to the eyepiece and the other to the stud of the corset-clasp. The other suspension-tape t' of the hose-supporter is secured to the front portion of the plate of the member I) by means of a coupling-piecej or in any suitable manner as may be desired to correspond with the suspension-tape secured to the plate of the member a, as hereinbefore set forth.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A garmentsupporter comprising two separable interlocking members. each provided with means for embracing the adjacent edges of a corset-front, one of said members arranged to engage the eyepiece of the corset-clasp, and the other of said members having an interlocking abutment projecting outwardly from its front face in proximity to its inner edge.

2. A garment-supporter comprising two separable interlocking members, each provided with means for embracing the adjacent edges of a corset-front, one of said members arranged to engage the eyepiece of the corset-clasp, at the upper and lower edges thereof, and the other of said members provided with two abutments projecting outwardly from its front face in proximity to its inner edge, and at a distance apart not less than the width of the eyepiece with which the other member is adapted to engage.

3. A garment -supporter comprising two separable interlocking members, each provided with means for embracing the adjacent edges of the corset-front, one of said members arranged to engage the eyepiece of the corset-clasp, and the said members provided with interlocking means rigid therewith.

4. A garment-supporter comprising two separable interlocking members, each provided with means for embracing the adjacent edges of a corset-front, one of said members having a cut-away portion, and provided with lugs at the edges thereof adapted to engage the upper and lower edges of the eyepiece of one of the corset-clasps, and the other of said members provided with abutments adapted to engage and interlock with the said lugs.

5. A garment supporter comprising two separable interlocking members, each comprising a plate having a front face adapted to lie flat on the front face of a corset, an edge adapted to lie against the edges of the corset, and a rear portion substantially parallel with the front face, adapted to lie flat against the rear face of the corset, one of said plates having a cut-away portion adapted to embrace the eyepiece of one of the corset-clasps, and having its edge portion receding toward the rear, and the otherof said plates having interlocking abutments rigid therewith.

6. A garment supporter comprising two separable interlocking members, each c0mprising a plate having a front face adapted to lie flat on the front face of a corset, an edge adapted to lie against the edges of the corset, and a rear portion substantially parallel with the front face, adapted to lie flat against the rear face of the corset, one of said plates having its edge portion receding toward the rear, and having a portion of said edge cut away and provided with lugs at the upper and lower edges thereof adapted to engage the upper and lower edges of one of the corset-clasps, and the other of said members provided with abutments adapted to engage and interlock with the said lugs.

DAVID BASOH.

Witnesses:

D. HOWARD HAYWOOD, O. F. CARRINGTON. 

